Comments on: Oldie but a goodie

By: Kristen Pelfrey

Kristen Pelfrey — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:18:47 +0000

There are times when bad writing and good whisky make for a fabulous evening. My guilty pleasure? Regency romances. Something about that time period inspires the most deliciously appalling, unerringly disastrous prose. A Regency romance and a tot of Ardbegh or The Macallan is a recipe for gleeful snarkage.

By: Gilbert J. Avila

Gilbert J. Avila — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:48:40 +0000

You want bad writing? Try reading the atrocious fantasy “The Eye of Argon” aloud. The object is to read it as long as you can before collapsing in unbridled mirth. No where else will you find a wench’s nose described as”opaque.”

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:06:41 +0000

I have arrived. Mentioned in the blog!

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:52:57 +0000

I love passive aggressive snark, too.

By: Kristin Laughtin

Kristin Laughtin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:20:18 +0000

Argh, that last comment was me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:19:48 +0000

Wait until you experience the really dry Santa Ana winds. You’ll feel like your eyeballs have been roughed up by sandpaper.

Bad writing is a guilty pleasure. Sometimes it’s just fun to laugh at it, and I suspect more of us than will admit like to peruse it from time to time to feel better about our own work. Once a friend and I wrote a novel as poorly as we could to try to force away some bad writing habits; it was painful to read and write, but effective and has remained a source of humor between us for years.